A committed group of athletes, the basketball teams fielded by
the club from 1974 to 1980 blazed the way for the current
intercollegiate athletic program. Led by UMass Boston Hall of
Famer and current UMass Boston men’s basketball coach and
Vice Chancellor Charlie Titus, these players were committed to
building a program that did not exist on the UMass Boston campus
before they arrived.

Their tireless efforts and worth ethic was nothing short of
amazing as they competed against some of the top teams in the city
of Boston and already established college teams. Among the
players that competed on these very special teams are UMass Boston
Hall of Famers Michael Mitchell (Hall of Fame Class of 2006) and
Larry Higginbottom ’95 (Hall of Fame Class of
2010).